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Most sparsely populated, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Issaquena County, MSMS1,2633−41%

02Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979−42%

03Kemper County, MSMS8,60012−14%

04Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213−17%

05Franklin County, MSMS7,49114−9%

06Jefferson County, MSMS6,82514−25%

07Noxubee County, MSMS9,79815−18%

08Quitman County, MSMS5,36415−39%

09Carroll County, MSMS9,22616−7%

10Amite County, MSMS12,48717−6%

11Perry County, MSMS11,57718−5%

12Humphreys County, MSMS7,00119−31%

13Claiborne County, MSMS8,05819−23%

14Benton County, MSMS7,50219−5%

15Greene County, MSMS13,70719+2%

16Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87720−15%

17Choctaw County, MSMS8,04820−15%

18Tunica County, MSMS8,81922+6%

19Smith County, MSMS13,99122−12%

20Holmes County, MSMS15,46522−21%

21Clarke County, MSMS15,10223−13%

22Calhoun County, MSMS12,64323−12%

23Webster County, MSMS10,16724−4%

24Montgomery County, MSMS9,35424−19%

25Jasper County, MSMS15,78524−10%

26Attala County, MSMS17,10024−9%

27Wayne County, MSMS19,80724−7%

28Yalobusha County, MSMS12,37527−4%

29Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,94128−19%

30Lawrence County, MSMS11,81928−9%

31Yazoo County, MSMS22,94729−5%

32Winston County, MSMS17,47329−12%

33Chickasaw County, MSMS16,73034−12%

34Walthall County, MSMS13,92834−8%

35Bolivar County, MSMS28,26235−24%

36Copiah County, MSMS27,49736−1%

37Leake County, MSMS21,66236+2%

38Newton County, MSMS20,96037−3%

39Sunflower County, MSMS22,89337−24%

40Coahoma County, MSMS19,84939−30%

41Stone County, MSMS19,65441+35%

42Simpson County, MSMS25,49844−6%

43Covington County, MSMS17,89844−5%

44Tishomingo County, MSMS18,63944−2%

45Monroe County, MSMS33,31845−10%

46Itawamba County, MSMS24,15245+5%

47Marion County, MSMS24,00145−5%

48Clay County, MSMS18,23845−15%

49Scott County, MSMS28,07346−2%

50Tippah County, MSMS21,38948+5%

51Leflore County, MSMS25,68648−25%

52Marshall County, MSMS34,65448−4%

53Panola County, MSMS32,69148−3%

54George County, MSMS26,33151+27%

55Neshoba County, MSMS28,73251+1%

56Grenada County, MSMS20,86851−7%

57Lincoln County, MSMS35,01260+5%

58Prentiss County, MSMS25,28460−2%

59Washington County, MSMS40,44662−29%

60Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09663+17%

61Adams County, MSMS30,06164−14%

62Union County, MSMS28,45967+10%

63Pearl River County, MSMS59,36369+15%

64Tate County, MSMS28,72569+11%

65Warren County, MSMS41,75976−10%

66Alcorn County, MSMS34,56987+1%

67Lafayette County, MSMS59,59788+44%

68Jones County, MSMS66,49697+4%

69Hancock County, MSMS46,87397+7%

70Pike County, MSMS38,71299+4%

71Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317104−7%

72Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896113+21%

73Lowndes County, MSMS57,346116−4%

74Lamar County, MSMS67,403129+64%

75Madison County, MSMS116,298153+46%

76Forrest County, MSMS79,034168+8%

77Lee County, MSMS83,731185+10%

78Jackson County, MSMS147,666198+9%

79Rankin County, MSMS162,181202+36%

80Hinds County, MSMS211,888262−9%

81Harrison County, MSMS217,136364+10%

82DeSoto County, MSMS197,918389+73%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES